COURSE of the MONTH

Windows 2003 Domain Controller drive full - but it really is not

I have a Windows 2003 DC - it is showing as only 35mb are free on the partition that holds sysvol but I can only see about 4 gb of real used space. The partition is 25 gb. I can't figure out where the data is...if it is really there and how to correct this problem.

I wasn't suggesting there was 23GB of Malware. Some types of malware mask their presence by changing the reported free space to something other than it really is. This serves to confuse those looking for it.

VSS would certainly eat up space - hopefully you get this sorted out before the server shuts down due to insufficient free space.

Keep us posted.

0

mrsmileynsAuthor Commented: 2006-04-19

I see...sorry for the misunderstanding :)

We are all squared away and have the VSS settings set properly with realistic limitations etc. We are back to about 20gb free space.